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[quote=Anonymous]If OP wants her kids to be around a lot of other black kids, she's not going to find a "top" school.  If she wants her black kid to get the highest scores/grades possible, then she needs to put her kid in a school with high performing kids whatever background they have.  Some of those high performing school have "diversity" but it won't be significantly black.

OP is gonna have to choose whether she wants her kid to have the highest performing peers or peers with the same racial background.  For black kids, it's one or the other.

I value diversity -- including black kids -- for my white kids... but in the end, I want my kids to be around other kids who are motivated and high achievers.  I don't presume that I know the value of having other black kids in the peer group for OP's kids... but I am sure that if they are in a school where kids and parents and teacher prioritize achievement, OP's kids will come out of ms/hs better educated than if they are in a lesser school where they "fit in."

My DD and DS have had black kids as their best friends during ES, I am friends with a number of black parents, we live in a neighborhood where our nearest neighbors are black and asian and white; and our zoned HS has as much or slightly more black kids than white... but... we are seriously considering moving to a higher achieving pyramid.  The parents affect the motivation of the kids, and the kids affect the motivation of the teachers (and vice versa).  Diversity is nice and all... but at the end of the day, I need to see results.

It's unfortunate for OP that there aren't any schools in FCPS where there are 30% or more black kids AND the scores are great or comparable to other FCPS schools... but it is true.  OP will have to decide which to prioritize... the academic atmosphere or the cultural atmosphere.  [/quote]

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